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POLICE REPORTS: DECEMBER 2021 - COMING SOON Reports received by the police departments in Price County for the month were summarized. Read more.

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LOCAL FARMER SELLS BEEF PRODUCTS DIRECT TO CONSUMER Karen Kerner, life-long resident of Phillips, talks about the beef farm operated by her and her husband, Greg Denzine, and explains why farming is important to her. Photo by: Melissa Schultz

PHILLIPS: THE HISTORY AND RESTORATION OF THE "BANK CLOCK" Learn about the history of the clock and the restoration process, plus view photos of how badly damaged the clock was and the entire restoration process, watch a video, and read Judy Hayton’s poem commemorating the event. Read more. Photo by: Sandy Onchuck

PARK FALLS: FORWARD BANK'S NEW LOCATION IS NOW OPEN Forward Bank has opened a full-service facility with all new technology at 177 4th Avenue South in Park Falls. The facility is serving bank, insurance, and investment customers. For more information, visit https://www.forward.bank.

PRICE COUNTY FOREST CARBON OFFSET PROJECT According to the informational meeting at the courthouse on the early evening of Thursday, December 2, 2021, it was suggested that the board is divided on whether the forest carbon offset project is too good to be true or a great deal for the county. Based on the questions and comments at the meeting, the public is likely divided, as well. Read more.

MY PRICE COUNTY OFFERS NEW, FREE FEATURES January 1, 2022 marks 10 years since the founding of My Price County. The first four years focused primarily on promoting events, businesses, and the area given we saw the need for this type of promotion in a declining population. In 2016, we greatly expanded with a social platform, news, more promotion of the area and businesses, a greater focus on the people of Price County, etc. As of today, December 23, 2021, My Price County, through the efforts of Bohn Web Design, has upgraded the news, calendar, help wanted, classifieds, and profile sections of its website, creating a modern user experience with additional free features for the community to use and enjoy. To activate your new profile, you will need to visit the registration page. Activation will take about two minutes. During registration, select "Price County" as your county of interest to get all the features for Price County, including the Information Sharing Chat, which is at the bottom of the Table of Contents Page. With Information Sharing Chat, you can share anything of interest about Price County or any questions or comments you want to share with the other Price County members. Features in the navigation bar/menu include: The Table of Contents. This area is set up with all the same news categories plus more for news highlights from surrounding counties. If the icon in front of the section is outlined in dark green, there is new content in the category. Click on any category to view news articles. A few of the most recent, most popular articles were published on the new website, along with all the Spotlight stories about people from Price County, which people seem to really enjoy reading. All other stories from 2015 to present can be found in the Archives currently at the bottom of this home page. In the appropriate sections, you can post classifieds, garage sales, and announcements for free or for a small fee to help My Price County's mission of promoting the area and delivering free news, help wanted ads, and events & entertainment. Paid submissions will be promoted. My Price County organized Phillips' community-wide garage sale last June and plans to do the same in Summer 2022. Events. This is the same calendar of events you had in the past where you can find local events. This calendar gets very active in the summer months. Jobs. Here you can find jobs that are available. This section will be growing in the near future. Newsfeed. This is a new feature and includes all the current news from all the categories with the newest articles and posts on top. Counties. You can go to the home pages of Price County and all the surrounding counties where you can find business directories, county seat weather, the quote of the day, and other features. All the current news stories will remain linked on this My Price County home page, as well. Tools. Here you can view the Members List and click on their profiles to read bios and see other profile information. This area will develop as members activate their accounts. You can also search our news stories and all other topics on the website. If you have any questions, visiting the Help Section should provide most answers, including how to navigate your Member Control Panel where you can update your password and profile, check your messages, and edit some settings. Finally, in the upper right, once you are logged in, click on your profile photo. You will be given a default profile photo, but in the drop-down box you will see a link to change it and links to Your Member Control Panel. Don't forget to follow our Facebook news & events page if you don’t already follow it. We also have a My Price County Classifieds page. Other categories and features will expand in the future. For now, we hope you enjoy this upgraded website. Please share this information with your friends. Happy 2022, Price County.

NORVADO RISES TO THE WELLNESS CHALLENGE AND DONATES MONEY TO AREA SCHOOLS The School Districts of Phillips and Prentice each received donations. Read more.

DARYL VARNER, KIDNEY FAILURE SURVIVOR AND FIREWOOD SALESMAN There's more to Daryl Varner than working at the local grocery store and making firewood to sell, though those are some of the things that bring joy to his life. He has a number of stories to tell. He was in kidney failure not once but twice and saved each time through gracious living donor organ donations. Find out more about the motto he lives by, his favorite things to collect, his compassion toward rescue dogs, and what keeps him positive as he travels through life. Read more.